Re: Billups

["Mike Allen" <mallen@worldchat.com>]

In my honest opinon Billups will be extremely good, it's just a matter of
giving the kid some time to adapt.  You have to remember that the 1 is the
toughest position in the league especially if you're still jsut a kid, like
Chauncey.  Not only does he have to orchestrate the team but he has to do
this using the "Kentucky" system, which is not something he was accustomed
to playing in Colorado.  So, he has to learn a new system, which is
difficult to get use to, be the coach on the floor (being the PG), take the
pressure of being the 3rd overall, get use to a higher level of competition
than he faced in college and get use to being in the most popular pro
sports league in the world.  Give him time, it took him a little bit of
time to really shine in college (if memory serves me correct) and it'll
take him a little time to get use to all of the above, but I believe if we
wait this out and stop putting everyone in the trading hotseat (which WE
SHOULD, I mean come on, we haven't even played 1 regular season
game!!!!!!!), we will have potentially one of the best point guards that
our fabled franchise has ever laid claim to.

But, that's just my opinon

Mike
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> From: K. Kveraga <6166kkver@taurus.cc.umb.edu>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Billups
> Date: Sunday, October 26, 1997 12:33 AM
> 
> I know that it's still very early, that it's a new system, that some
> players take longer to adapt and blossom, and that the point guard
position
> is the hardest for a rookie to pick up, but, after 8 games, shouldn't we
> have seen at least SOME glimpse of the talent that Billups allegedly
> possesses? I want to believe that we have a gem in Billups as much as the
> next guy, but it's getting harder and harder to do so. If someone who was
> not a high lottery pick had played like Billups did in the preseason, he
> would've been cut a few games ago (unless he had a
Brown/Barros/Minor-sized
> contract, of course). I was watching the recent high picks on both teams
> tonight and trying to remember whether any had been so unimpressive even
at
> this point of their first season. I don't think it was the case with
> Iverson, Stackhouse, Coleman, even Weatherspoon, and certainly isn't the
> case with Tim Thomas. It wasn't the case with Walker, or even E.
Williams.
> I think Ellison looked better at this point in his rookie year. Yes,
> Billups is a point guard, and a very young one at that, but so were (are)
> Iverson and Marbury. I heard that Daniels is not doing well either, but
> that could just mean that there are two Danny Ferrys in the lottery this
> year, rather than the usual explanation that it just takes longer for PGs
> to adapt and shine in the NBA (how about Penny, Tim Hardaway, Isiah,
Magic
> - Bilups was picked in the same range?). 
> If there's anyone who sincerely believes that Billups will be a great
> player, I'd like know to why you think so (please, no "he's a #3 pick,
thus
> he must be good" stuff)- maybe you could allay the doubters' fears. 
> K. Kveraga  
>